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Stories + Songs Writer Refuge free writing zoom - 4 p.m. Pacific/7 p.m. Eastern July 28

Pristine writing time, brought to you each month by Carolyn Dawn Flynn and Karen Leslie Mills, co-founders of Stories + Songs Writing Retreats

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Carolyn Flynn
Jul 21, 2025
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Let’s just write!

STORIES + SONGS WRITER REFUGE
4 p.m. Pacific/7 p.m. Eastern

July 28

Join novelist/lyricist Karen Leslie Mills and memoirist/novelist Carolyn Dawn Flynn for 1.5 hours of pristine writing time. We'll get in about 45 minutes of writing, then read, then have an Ask Me Anything about writing and publication.

Dates for 2025

We plan to offer this as a monthly event — the last Monday of each month.

(We’ll take off Memorial Day, then the end-of-year holidays.)

July 28

Aug. 25

Oct. 27

Nov. 24

Dec. 29

Jan. 26, 2026

We'll write together as a community for 45 minutes (with prompts), then Karen and Carolyn will be available for an Ask Me Anything about writing or publishing.

Brought to you by the co-founders of the Stories + Songs Writing Retreat.

Last year, we were in Italy. This year, we'll be in Montana/Yellowstone on Sept. 22-26, 2025.

We’re full, but we are taking names for a waiting list, as well as a retreat interest list for 2026, which may take us to the musical epicenter of Ireland.

To …

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